EXPERIMENT STATION. G47 



"C AX ADA" CORN (Kernels). 



[Sent on from North Amherst, Mass.] 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 9.76 



Dry Matter, 90.24 



100.00 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 



Crude Ash, .... 1.77 



" Cellulose, 2.18 



"Fat, . . 6.39 



" Protein (Nitrogenous Matter) , 11.50 



Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter, ... . 78.16 



100.00 



The above-stated corn was grown on heavy, dry loam, 

 fertilized with nine cords of barnyard manure and hog 

 manure to the acre. 



8 ears, well air-dried, weighed .... 1 lb., 13 oz. 

 5 stalks, well air-dried, weighed . . . . 1 " 4 " 



The average length of the ear was six and one-third inches. 

 It contained eight rows of kernels, and its average weight 

 amounted to three and three-fourths ounces ; 85.07 per 

 cent, kernels, and 14.93 percent, cob. The average weight 

 of a kernel was .34 gramme. The yield per acre at harvest 

 time was 5,063.5 pounds of ears. 



ADAM^S WfflTE CORN. 



[Sent on from North Amherst, Mass.] 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 10.96 



Dry Matter, 89.04 



100.00 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 



Crude Ash, 1.56 



» Cellulose, 2.22 



« Fat, 5.37 



" Protein (Nitrogenous Matter), 8.88 



Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter, 81.97 



100.00 



